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Originally posted by SleazyDream
then 1/2 of all parachuters would die of shock. it isn't the shock, it's the GROUND that kills.
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Originally posted by ldinternet
But there's a BIG difference between jumping out of a plane with a parachute on your back for leisure purporses; releasing your parachute; knowing that you're going to stop before you hit the ground, and jumping from a building then regretting it half a second later -- knowing that you're fucked because there is no turning back.
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Parachuters know they're going to stop. Suicide jumpers know they aren't.
I'm not scared when I'm driving @ 90MPH because I know I'm going to stop when I need to... but cut the breaks (i.e, get rid of the parachute), point me at a brick wall and I'd be fucking terrified.